The entire team expressed congratulations and welcome for Perez's arrival.
A mature team is like a large company, destined not to be swayed by emotions, even if they are more familiar with Trulli and have better relationships.
The only exception was Trulli's race engineer, Sote, whose smile was a bit forced.
He didn't dislike Perez and understood the survival of the fittest in the paddock, but lamented more from a friendship perspective.
However, Sote will not serve as Perez's race engineer; he arrived at the HRT Team alongside GP2 team engineer Bard to take on the temporary race engineer role.
On one hand, the two have worked together for a long time and understand each other's needs better.
On the other hand, Sote is considered Trulli's "private" team member, adhering to the principle of avoiding suspicion.
After greeting each other, Perez headed to the driver lounge, which was already packed with people.
